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Frontier Technology for Water Treatment and Pollutant Removal
Frontier technology in water treatment and pollutant removal is needed not only for maximizing water reuse but also for the rapid detection of contaminants in the recycled water. The UN announced...
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The Secret Handbook of the Blue Circle
Concept Development and Scientific Editing: Despo Fatta-Kassinos
The book was inspired by the scientific work carried out by the research group of Nireas International...
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Biological Wastewater Treatment: 2nd edition
The first edition of this book was published in 2008 and it went on to become IWA Publishing’s bestseller. Clearly there was a need for it because over the twenty years prior to 2008, the...
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Featured books
Improving Water Governance in Kathmandu: Insights from Systems Thinking and Behavioural Science
The global water and sanitation community is currently wrestling with the policy implications of two important realizations. The first is that it is quite possible for cities to actually run out...
Clean Water Using Solar and Wind: Outside the Power Grid
Solar photo-voltaic (PV) and wind offer to bring both clean energy and clean water to remote regions and peri-urban areas in the world, outside the conventional electric grids. One out of seven...
Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation of Activated Sludge Systems - Second Edition
Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation of Activated Sludge Systems – Second Edition provides, from the process engineering perspective, a comprehensive and up-to-date...
Sludge Thermal Hydrolysis: Application and Potential
Thermal hydrolysis is revolutionizing wastewater treatment. Current treatment methods have evolved little since pioneering work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Subsequently, most...
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Forthcoming books
International Rainwater Catchment Systems Experiences: Towards water security
From time immemorial, people have been managing rain. The availability of water and water sources determined where people would be able to live. Adequate rainfall decided on the quality of...
Water Stewardship
Achieving true wholesome sustainability requires a change of heart. Hence this book starts in the heart. It asks the timely question of ‘how do we become true water stewards?’ The transformation...
Assessment Standard for Sponge City Effects
In 2014, China initiated its national action plan for sponge city development aiming to tackle urban water and environmental challenges. Since then, numerous projects have been implemented across...
Water in Himalayan Towns: Lessons for Adaptive Water Governance
Increasing urbanization and changing climate are two critical stressors that are adversely affecting the biophysical environment of urban areas in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. The book discusses...
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New books
Nature for Water: A Series of Utility Spotlights
By 2025, two thirds of the world’s population will be living in water stressed conditions. Meanwhile, the degradation of water ecosystems is occurring at alarming rates. Water utilities and water...
Wetland Technology: Practical information on the design and application of treatment wetlands
Water quality standards across the world are being re-written to promote healthier ecosystems, ensure safe potable water sources, increased biodiversity, and enhanced ecological functions....
We Need to Change to Solve the Water Crisis: Humanity is not a Plague: How 10 Billion People can Exist Together
We need to change to solve the water crisis. It is impossible for 10 billion people to exist together on this Earth – as predicted for the year 2100 – unless the ricer part of the world no longer...
Water Services in Small Towns: Experiences from the Global South
The importance of small towns is gaining increased recognition as a result of two developments. The first development concerns the possible role of small towns in migration flows and urbanization...
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